Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 88 53
Rank change year-on-year -20 -35 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,324 1,932 2,619
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.64% 2.85% 4.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 3.46% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 783 1,077 2,069
10th Percentile £52,400 £46,050 £49,650
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £111,897
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,588 55,894 49,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.96% 82.57% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,305 29,396 38,125
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -16 1,243 £75,000 +7.14% 1,977
London +7 653 £82,500 -2.94% 1,040
UK excluding London -31 634 £70,000 +7.69% 1,436
Work from Home -9 585 £70,000 +7.69% 1,288
North of England -11 291 £70,000 +14.37% 312
North West +19 221 £70,000 +12.00% 226
South East -72 123 £70,000 +3.70% 699
Midlands +27 80 £71,250 +9.62% 113
Yorkshire -36 57 £75,000 +22.54% 52
South West -43 52 £62,500 - 71
West Midlands +43 51 £70,000 +7.69% 59
Scotland -39 44 £64,500 -0.77% 65
East of England +4 38 £65,000 +1.96% 87
East Midlands +7 27 £73,750 +5.36% 50
North East -13 13 £55,200 -5.00% 35
Wales -10 8 £52,000 -5.45% 35
Northern Ireland -18 2 £45,000 -30.77% 34

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 33 (2.49%) Confluence
2 32 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (1.89%) Apache
4 24 (1.81%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.98%) CMS
7 12 (0.91%) JBoss
8 11 (0.83%) Appian
9 6 (0.45%) nginx
9 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
11 4 (0.30%) IIS
11 4 (0.30%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.076%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.076%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.076%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.076%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.076%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (1.13%) Maya
2 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.30%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.076%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.60%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.53%) Endur
5 4 (0.30%) Shopify
6 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.076%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 754 (56.95%) AWS
2 660 (49.85%) Azure
3 253 (19.11%) GCP
4 176 (13.29%) Serverless
5 131 (9.89%) SaaS
6 125 (9.44%) GitHub
7 119 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (6.19%) Amazon EKS
9 77 (5.82%) Amazon S3
10 68 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
11 60 (4.53%) AWS Lambda
12 57 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
13 53 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
14 50 (3.78%) PaaS
15 43 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
16 39 (2.95%) Power Platform
17 36 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 35 (2.64%) Azure Service Bus
19 30 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
19 30 (2.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.83%) Network Security
2 10 (0.76%) Firewall
3 8 (0.60%) HTTP
4 6 (0.45%) AMQP
5 5 (0.38%) WAN
6 4 (0.30%) Broadband
7 3 (0.23%) DNS
7 3 (0.23%) Internet
7 3 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.15%) LAN
8 2 (0.15%) Multicast
8 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.076%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (13.37%) NoSQL
2 164 (12.39%) PostgreSQL
3 163 (12.31%) SQL Server
4 154 (11.63%) MongoDB
5 91 (6.87%) Relational Database
6 64 (4.83%) DynamoDB
7 60 (4.53%) MySQL
8 49 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
9 33 (2.49%) RDBMS
10 32 (2.42%) Big Data
11 31 (2.34%) Redis
12 30 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
13 23 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
14 21 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
15 14 (1.06%) Power BI
16 13 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
17 10 (0.76%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.68%) Tableau
19 8 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 173 (13.07%) Git
2 126 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 93 (7.02%) JIRA
4 90 (6.80%) GitLab
5 83 (6.27%) Selenium
6 68 (5.14%) Cucumber
7 66 (4.98%) JUnit
8 61 (4.61%) Maven
9 52 (3.93%) SonarQube
10 46 (3.47%) Bitbucket
11 44 (3.32%) Mockito
12 39 (2.95%) Sonatype Nexus
13 34 (2.57%) JMeter
14 17 (1.28%) CircleCI
14 17 (1.28%) TeamCity
15 14 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
16 12 (0.91%) Snyk
17 11 (0.83%) Robot Framework
17 11 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
17 11 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 427 (32.25%) Finance
2 317 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 237 (17.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 210 (15.86%) Banking
5 191 (14.43%) Law
6 104 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (7.02%) Retail
8 85 (6.42%) Public Sector
9 63 (4.76%) Marketing
10 51 (3.85%) Investment Banking
11 49 (3.70%) Financial Institution
12 36 (2.72%) Corporate Banking
12 36 (2.72%) Games
13 31 (2.34%) Billing
14 29 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 26 (1.96%) Back Office
16 25 (1.89%) Dutch Language
16 25 (1.89%) French Language
17 23 (1.74%) Front Office
18 22 (1.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 419 (31.65%) Developer
2 382 (28.85%) Software Engineer
3 311 (23.49%) Senior
4 227 (17.15%) Lead
5 214 (16.16%) Architect
6 136 (10.27%) Senior Software Engineer
7 123 (9.29%) Java Developer
8 110 (8.31%) Java Engineer
9 108 (8.16%) .NET Developer
10 107 (8.08%) Solutions Architect
11 88 (6.65%) Java Software Engineer
12 80 (6.04%) Senior Developer
13 71 (5.36%) Lead Developer
14 67 (5.06%) Full-Stack Developer
15 55 (4.15%) Lead Software Engineer
16 50 (3.78%) Software Developer
17 44 (3.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 42 (3.17%) C# Developer
19 39 (2.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 39 (2.95%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (29.23%) .NET
2 313 (23.64%) RESTful
3 299 (22.58%) Spring
4 272 (20.54%) React
5 266 (20.09%) Kafka
6 262 (19.79%) Spring Boot
7 239 (18.05%) REST
8 176 (13.29%) Node.js
9 149 (11.25%) AngularJS
10 147 (11.10%) HTML
11 131 (9.89%) .NET Core
12 110 (8.31%) CSS
13 92 (6.95%) Web Services
14 77 (5.82%) .NET Framework
15 75 (5.66%) ASP.NET
16 74 (5.59%) Hibernate
17 71 (5.36%) RabbitMQ
18 67 (5.06%) ASP.NET Web API
19 64 (4.83%) JPA
20 62 (4.68%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 346 (26.13%) Cloud Native
2 182 (13.75%) Distributed Systems
3 135 (10.20%) Product Ownership
4 124 (9.37%) Enterprise Software
5 95 (7.18%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (4.76%) Cyberattack
6 63 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
7 57 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
8 43 (3.25%) Algorithms
9 40 (3.02%) Virtual Team
10 37 (2.79%) Public Cloud
11 35 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
12 34 (2.57%) Mobile App
12 34 (2.57%) Onboarding
13 31 (2.34%) Distributed Architecture
14 28 (2.11%) Management Information System
15 25 (1.89%) Data Structures
16 22 (1.66%) Low-Code
17 19 (1.44%) Client/Server
18 18 (1.36%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 125 (9.44%) Linux
2 33 (2.49%) Windows
3 9 (0.68%) Android
4 8 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.53%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.38%) Unix
7 2 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.076%) CentOS
8 1 (0.076%) Debian
8 1 (0.076%) Fedora
8 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 746 (56.34%) Agile
2 611 (46.15%) CI/CD
3 541 (40.86%) Software Engineering
4 521 (39.35%) DevOps
5 319 (24.09%) Mentoring
6 289 (21.83%) Containerisation
7 263 (19.86%) Full-Stack Development
8 232 (17.52%) AI
9 230 (17.37%) SDLC
10 222 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
11 213 (16.09%) Scrum
12 212 (16.01%) TDD
13 205 (15.48%) Test Automation
14 197 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 185 (13.97%) Event-Driven
16 172 (12.99%) Roadmaps
16 172 (12.99%) User Experience
17 166 (12.54%) Machine Learning
18 148 (11.18%) Fintech
19 139 (10.50%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 573 (43.28%) Java
2 355 (26.81%) Python
3 352 (26.59%) JavaScript
4 336 (25.38%) C#
5 326 (24.62%) SQL
6 208 (15.71%) TypeScript
7 116 (8.76%) Go
8 82 (6.19%) Rust
9 75 (5.66%) C++
10 48 (3.63%) Kotlin
11 39 (2.95%) Shell Script
12 22 (1.66%) PHP
13 20 (1.51%) Scala
14 19 (1.44%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.44%) PowerShell
15 13 (0.98%) C
16 9 (0.68%) Ruby
17 8 (0.60%) Bicep
18 7 (0.53%) Bash
18 7 (0.53%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 171 (12.92%) Security Cleared
2 157 (11.86%) Degree
3 124 (9.37%) AWS Certification
4 94 (7.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 89 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 80 (6.04%) SC Cleared
7 79 (5.97%) DV Cleared
8 70 (5.29%) AWS Certified Developer
9 53 (4.00%) Master's Degree
10 36 (2.72%) Azure Certification
11 30 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.60%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.60%) PMP
14 6 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.45%) CISM
14 6 (0.45%) CISSP
15 5 (0.38%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (9.74%) QA
2 57 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 33 (2.49%) GDPR
4 15 (1.13%) PCI DSS
5 12 (0.91%) NIST
5 12 (0.91%) SLA
6 11 (0.83%) HIPAA
6 11 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.60%) IFRS
8 8 (0.60%) IFRS 17
8 8 (0.60%) Solvency II
9 7 (0.53%) EMIR
10 6 (0.45%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.38%) SEPA
12 4 (0.30%) NCSC
13 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 3 (0.23%) WCAG
14 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 419 (31.65%) Docker
2 14 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Firmware
5 2 (0.15%) HDFS
5 2 (0.15%) Postfix
5 2 (0.15%) Terminal Server
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.15%) vSphere
6 1 (0.076%) KVM
6 1 (0.076%) Xen
Systems Management
1 438 (33.08%) Kubernetes
2 163 (12.31%) Terraform
3 55 (4.15%) Grafana
4 39 (2.95%) Ansible
5 36 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 32 (2.42%) Kibana
7 14 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.91%) Argo
9 8 (0.60%) Mesos
10 6 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.30%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.30%) Puppet
12 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.076%) CFEngine
13 1 (0.076%) Istio
13 1 (0.076%) Nagios
Vendors
1 198 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.68%) Oracle
3 36 (2.72%) Guidewire
3 36 (2.72%) Solace
4 30 (2.27%) Splunk
5 27 (2.04%) Dynatrace
5 27 (2.04%) Google
6 23 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.59%) SAP
8 18 (1.36%) BiZZdesign
9 16 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 16 (1.21%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.06%) VMware
11 11 (0.83%) Black Duck
11 11 (0.83%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.83%) UiPath
12 10 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.76%) Duck Creek
12 10 (0.76%) Palo Alto
12 10 (0.76%) ServiceNow